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The SBU Security Service of Ukraine has exposed an attempt of the security services of the Russian Federation to persuade a citizen of Ukraine to covert cooperation. According to the SBU`s press center, an activist of a volunteer movement, who lives in one of the border areas of Luhansk region, was detained by Russian border guards at Rovenki...

The United Nations General Assembly today opened its 71st session, with an emphasis on ensuring that implementation of the new global development goals, adopted by its 193 Member States last year, is well underway, according to the United Nations press center. ”The 70th Session launched the SDGs [Sustainable Development Goals], and for...

Ukrainian Prosecutor General Yuriy Lutsenko says that his office (PGO) has opened a criminal case against Interior Minister Arsen Avakov on the basis of a letter sent by Vitaliy Shabunin, head of the board of the Anti-Corruption Action Center (AntAC), a Ukrainian civil society organization, according to Channel 24. ”Every day I get [letters] from...

Head of the Ukrainian team of the Joint Center for Control and Coordination (JCCC) on the settlement of the Donbas crisis Major General Borys Kremenetsky says Ukraine consistently fulfills its obligations to abide by the ceasefire along the entire contact line in Donbas and is ready to observe the truce with no time limit. ”The Ukrainian members...

RT, the Kremlin`s English-language TV channel, is to be investigated for bias after it launched an inaccurate attack on a fracking company, The Times reported. Ofcom, the regulator, which has upheld 15 breaches of broadcasting rules against the station, known as RT, has announced a fresh investigation, The Times wrote. Last month The Times...

Ukraine may decommission part of its gas transit system due to a sharp fall in the amount of Russian gas being pumped to Europe via Ukraine, the head of Ukraine`s gas transport monopoly Ihor Prokopiv was quoted on Tuesday as saying, according to Reuters. Around 40% of Russia`s gas exports to Europe currently pass through Ukraine but several new...

Poland`s Foreign Minister Witold Jan Waszczykowski has expressed support for historians who work to search for ways of reconciliation between the Ukrainian and Polish peoples, according to an UNIAN correspondent. ”We do not manipulate these complex and problematic issues that must be solved, especially between neighbors, and have positive...

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) expects to receive the third loan tranche from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) worth $1 billion in mid-September, following a meeting of the IMF Executive Directors on Ukraine`s issue, which has been scheduled for September 14. ”It is $1 billion in the SDR equivalent. Funds are usually received within 2-3...

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has stated that he hopes Ukraine will be granted a visa-free travel with the European Union in October. ”I hope that in a few weeks, in October, we will have a visa-free regime [with the EU],” Poroshenko said during the opening ceremony of a new kindergarten in the village of Yuvileyne, in Dnipropetrovsk...

Russia proposes to develop a ”road map” to ”move from the dead point” the implementation of the Minsk agreements – each step in strengthening security regime has to be accompanied by the promotion of political reforms to legalize the Russian militants in Donbas, according to a UNIAN correspondent in Russia. ”We are convinced of the need to move...